Biomass dynamics in amazonian forest fragments

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Nascimento, Henrique E M ^a   Laurance, William F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biomass; Brazil; Carbon cycling; Carbon storage; Decomposition; Edge effects; Greenhouse gases; Habitat fragmentation; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; EDGE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MORTALITY; RAINFOREST;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642266827     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/01-6003     Document Type: Article

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